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Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.

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Snooks1971 · 06/03/2026 21:28

Posting for potato traffic.
Potato image under review.

Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.
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Nicecatneighbour · 07/03/2026 12:07

I love potatoes in all forms.
My mum used to make stew (onions, carrots, as much stewing steak as she could afford) and put a LOT of potatoes in it. The potatoes would cook slowly in the stock till they were just on the point of melting. It was so delicious.

Theresalittlebitofwitchinyou · 07/03/2026 11:50

My disgusting guilty pleasure is leftover mash <I absolutely don’t make sure to do too much every time oh noooo> with stuffing and chopped broccoli made into little cakes and done in a drop of bouillon in the skillet. I usually have it with Quorn nuggets to complete my shuffle of shame

YerMotherWasAHamster · 07/03/2026 11:42

One of my favourite meals is cheese boats. Delicious.

Brefugee · 07/03/2026 11:40

Jellycatspyjamas · 06/03/2026 23:03

Are they the same as potato fritters? Sliced potato dipped in batter and fried (yes, I am in Scotland). If so absolute heaven in a buttered bread roll.

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that's them. I got them as a kid because the fishcakes* were much more expensive and too big for me. But i will be in Sheffield soon and stuffing my face with fishcakes.

*a proper Sheffield fishcake is a thick slice of potato, an equally thick slice of white fish topped with another thick slice of potato, battered and fried. Fish rissoles are ok, but if i ask for a fishcake, that is what i want. The others taste of bitter disappointment if I'm not expecting that.

UncannyFanny · 07/03/2026 08:57

binnibonnieboo · 07/03/2026 08:55

Burn the witch!!

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😂

binnibonnieboo · 07/03/2026 08:55

UncannyFanny · 06/03/2026 22:02

I can’t bear them. Can’t roast them to save my life. Not a potato fan at all. Don’t like chips. Don’t like mask. Don’t like jacket. Mash makes me gag 🤮

Burn the witch!!

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 07/03/2026 08:20

BrightYellowDaffodil · 06/03/2026 21:34

I love potatoes. They one of my absolute favourite foods. Roast, hasselback, chips/fries, boiled with mint, jacket, I love them all.

Almost. Mash is the waste of a perfectly good spud and I make no apology for this.

Outrageous response 😮good mash is the creme de la creme of tatties

CurlewKate · 07/03/2026 07:58

BlueEyedBogWitch · 06/03/2026 22:57

I think they’re my favourite food.

I’m in Tenerife at the moment, and have discovered Canarian potatoes. I’ll be recreating them as soon as I get home.

Ooh-cooked in seawater and served with mojo….

MagpiePi · 06/03/2026 23:51

All this love for potatoes!

Can we have a love of potatoes thread please.
Wiseplumant · 06/03/2026 23:44

If I was only allowed to eat one food for the rest of my life it would be the potato in all its different forms.

DisconnectedDrainpipe · 06/03/2026 23:41

Mash potatoes are my favourite.. l even love frozen mash but got to be a certain brand.. 2nd good old roast potato ( maris piper) . Chips and new potatoes/ baked all come in at number 3.. then of course is scallops/ hasslebacks and gosh... are potatoes so versatile.. love them.!

TooBigForMyBoots · 06/03/2026 23:36

God I love spuds.🥔🥔🥔

Can you believe we only got them a few hundred years ago? Imagine life without potatoes!😱 Doesn't bear thinking about does it?

Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:31

Love them in all form but my favourites probably are…
Baby potatoes in their skin put in a big dish, plenty of oil, salt & garlic. Oven baked, bloody gorgeous.
Peeled potato skins (with a knife so a bit thicker) fried in butter and garlic
Boiled in skin, tossed with butter & chives.
Mashed with butter & either sour or double cream

Whataboutboob · 06/03/2026 23:30

Dauphinois 👌when I can be bothered.

Scooped out jackets mixed with bacon lardons, onion, cheese and grilled.

King Edward's roasted in beef dripping.

catin8oot5 · 06/03/2026 23:22

What are those Canadian ones? With the cheese and gravy? Poutine? I make a basic bitch version but am dying to taste them properly

murasaki · 06/03/2026 23:21

Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:19

Or butter and double cream…

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From choice, yes, for me, but if her husband's problem is butter I was trying to find a solution. I'd suggest she separates hers and does it properly!

Ineffable23 · 06/03/2026 23:20

All you potato fans need this book, "In praise of the potato":

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Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:19

murasaki · 06/03/2026 22:59

You can make it with olive oil, or milk, although it really needs butter.

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Or butter and double cream…

Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:17

CurlewKate · 06/03/2026 23:00

Tinned potatoes. Chicken stock made double strength. Marinade potatoes in stock. Toss in oil. Air fry or roast . Delicious!

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Ooh….

Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:16

Absolutely love potatoes, but have to have fat with them, whether cooked in it or/and added and therein lies the problem. 🙈🙈

itsthetea · 06/03/2026 23:12

Mash is the best!
mash and gravy and turnip is the ultimate comfort food

Conniebygaslight · 06/03/2026 23:11

BrightYellowDaffodil · 06/03/2026 21:34

I love potatoes. They one of my absolute favourite foods. Roast, hasselback, chips/fries, boiled with mint, jacket, I love them all.

Almost. Mash is the waste of a perfectly good spud and I make no apology for this.

Are you Claudia Winkleman?

FuzzyGalgo · 06/03/2026 23:08

Love potatoes. I can't think of one way they're prepared that I don't enjoy. King of vegetables 🥔 🥔 🥔

itsthetea · 06/03/2026 23:03

Strandlover · 06/03/2026 22:58

Mine doesn't like butter. I think this is why he thinks he doesn't like mash.

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Mash with cheese and chives

Jellycatspyjamas · 06/03/2026 23:03

Sminty2 · 06/03/2026 21:57

@Brefugee I love a potato scallop! That’s lunch tomorrow sorted.

Are they the same as potato fritters? Sliced potato dipped in batter and fried (yes, I am in Scotland). If so absolute heaven in a buttered bread roll.